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STAMPING MAGHINE.

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N j J SAMUL B. IVHITEHEAD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

STAMPlNG-NIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,566, dated February27', 1 894.

Application filed January 31, 1893. Serial No. 460,362. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, SAMUEL B. WHITEHEAD, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, California, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Stamping- Machines, of which the following is aspecification. l

The object of my invention is to make an apparatus or device in whichbooks, tickets, checks, documents and other papers may easily and'readily have a number, letter or iigure applied to them, as may bedesired; and my invention consists in the features and details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of myimproved stampingmachine. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the stamp separated from itssupporting arm. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on theline 3 of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the machine 'with thestamp removed.

In making my improved stamping machine, I make a base A,whicl1 may be ofthe desired size for the purposes intended. As shown in the drawings, Ihave represented this base as rectangular and provided around its edgeswith a bead a, although such bead may bedispcnsed with if desired, andthe edges of the board beveled or otherwise given a finished appearance.I arrange across one end of the base, a slide plate B, which may be secured to it by screws, or in any other desired manner. The slide plate isprovided with a slide C, having the usual under bevel, c, along itsedges, as shown in Fig. l. I mount on the slide a saddle, D, properlyfitted to the slide, so as to be adapted to move across the base to anydesired point. This saddle may rise above the slide to any desiredheight to adapt the stamping machine to the particular purpose for whichit is intended to be used. I arrange on the saddle, and transverse to itand the slide, a standard E, which may be formed integral with thesaddle, or made in a separate piece and then attached to it, as may bepreferred. The standard is provided With to the movement of the saddleacross the slide. The inner end of the supporting arm carries a stampGr, which, as represented in the drawings, is attached to it by means ofthe vertical dove-tailed groove f, although it may be mounted upon thesupporting arm in other ways, it desired. I also prefer to arrange stopsH and I'Ion the endsof thesupporting arm, of which the stop H' isadjustable in or out through means of a set screw and slotted hole I t',shown in Fig. l. I have provided the stops with preferably rubberbuffers h 7i', so as to soften the contact of the stops with thestandard, as the supporting arm is moved in or out to its respectivelimits. I have also provid ed the slide with preferably rubber louffers,c", to soften the contact of the saddle with the ends of the slide asitis moved to its respective limits across the base.

In order to clamp or secure to the base Ithe book, paper, or otherdocument intended to be stamped, I arrange clamps K on the base, securedin position by thumb screws 7c, so that by loosening the thumb screwthey can be turned around or adjusted up and down to the desiredposition.

I have not described the'stamp in detail, as it is understood that Ipropose to use any of the well known stamping or lettering devices nowin common use to apply the figures or letters desired to the book orotherarticle intended to be stamped. In Fig. l I have shown a bookfL asopen in position on the base to have the Ystamp applied toit. The stampcan be adjusted in or out over the base, and toward the one side or theother, through means of the slide, saddle and standard above described,so that a letter or figure may be applied to the particular portion ofthe bookor paper desired, and so that it may be applied in vertical ortransverse columns on the book or paper, as may suit the convenience oruecessities of different purposes and businesses.

While I have described the construction and arrangement of the variousparts with considerable minuteness ot detail, I desire it to beunderstood that I do not Wish to confine myself to mere details ofconstruction, except so far as the same may be specified in the claims,as it is obvious that many modiiications of construction or arrangementcan be IOS of a base, a stamp, a slide transverse to the base, a saddlemovable on the slide, a standard transverse to the saddle and slide, anda Supporting arm secured in the standard and adjustable longitudinallytherein, Substan- I5 tially as described.

SAMUEL B. WHITEHEAD.

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SAMUEL E. HIBBEN, THOMAS F. SHERIDAN.

